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Drought fuels feed cost jitters among pork giants By: Betsy Freese 09/25/2012 @ 2:46pm

While most of the 2012 Pork Powerhouses grind their teeth over rising feed costs, the nation's largest pork producer -- Smithfield Foods -- is poised to take ...

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Feeding corn germ to pigs does not affect growth performance By: Susan Jongeneel 04/01/2013 @ 3:45pm

Inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs, depending on the local cost of corn germ and other ...

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U.S. FARMERS & RANCHERS ALLIANCE REVEALS WINNERS OF ITS 
FACES OF FARMING & RANCHING CONTEST By: USFarmersAnd RanchersAlliance 01/28/2013 @ 9:16am

The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA®) recently announced that Chris Chinn (Mo.), Will Gilmer (Ala.), Katie Pratt (Ill.), and Bo Stone (N.C.), have ...

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One farmer with big ideas By: Betsy Freese 01/11/2013 @ 4:11pm

In July 1994, I started to assemble a ranking of the largest hog farmers in the U.S. While I was doing the initial research, someone told me I needed to talk to a big, blonde kid in Minnesota who had some ...

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Managing weanling pigs without antibiotics By: Justin Davey 12/04/2012 @ 8:52am

A researcher at the University of Illinois has created a resource to help swine producers identify strategies that they can use to manage weanling pigs without using antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), as a ...

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Pork production sustainability study By: Tracey Kelley 11/09/2012 @ 1:49pm

In 2008, The National Pork Board made a sizable investment in research to study the impact of the pork industry's carbon, air, water, and land footprints. Graduated results of the research are being ...

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Offset hog feed costs with efficient production By: Justin Davey 11/09/2012 @ 10:49am

Looking to offset higher feed costs in your hog operation? You're not the only one, with corn and soybean meal prices hitting record highs. But instead of looking at alternative feed sources, consider ...

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PaPa's Hog pin By: David McGregor 09/26/2012 @ 5:10pm

Hamlean is ready for dinner.

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